Top 10 Xbox 360 Sports Games

Fight Night Round 2 was one of our favorite Xbox games of 2005 so Round 3 had some pretty high expectations to meet. Amazingly, EA has delivered a boxing experience that easily surpasses everything that Round 2 had to offer. The gameplay is absolutely phenomenal and the graphics on the Xbox 360 are amazing. Not only is this the best boxing game ever but it is also one of the best Xbox 360 games available even now three years after it was released.

The best soccer game on the Xbox 360 just got better. That is all you really need to know about FIFA 10. The great presentation, the great gameplay, the mountain of licensed teams and leagues and players, and the insane number of modes all got another year’s worth of polish and are even better than before. If you’re a soccer fan, there is a whole lot to love here.

A mere 9 months after Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 was released and Tiger 10 is already on store shelves. Usually this quick turn around is a bad thing (and Tiger 10 does have a few more glitches and issues because of it), but since Tiger 09 was such a great game to build off of Tiburon has been able to tweak and tune and generally improve the experience in pretty much every area. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is simply a great game of golf. Find out all of the details right here.

Over the last couple of years, EA’s NHL series has made huge strides to become not just the best hockey game, but also one of the best sports games on the market period. NHL 10 continues this pattern of excellence. It isn’t quite the huge leap forward that 08 and 09 were, but it is polished to a high shine and is undoubtedly a better game overall than its predecessors. Hockey fans are going to love it.

The champ is here. 2K Sports and Visual Concepts have taken an already great game, thrown in a few new features and an extra layer of polish, and produced yet another near-perfect basketball game in NBA 2K10. EA’s NBA Live is coming on strong, but NBA 2K10 is still the best basketball game around.

Skate 2 follows the “bigger, better, more” sequel mantra to a T, and the result is a game that is better than the original in most respects. The city is bigger, you have more moves, and there is a bit more spit and polish in the presentation. We aren’t crazy about some of the additions – mostly the on-foot stuff – but overall there is little debate that Skate 2 is the best skateboarding game on the Xbox 360.

Every Fall the Madden haters come out of the woodwork to claim that it is just the same game year after year with prettier graphics and a roster update. Has that ever been true? No. Some years definitely see more changes than others, though. Like this year’s game, for example. Madden NFL 10 has gone back to the basics of realistic, gritty, pure football and the result is amazingly fun and satisfying. Football fans, there is a lot to like in Madden 10.

Sega’s Virtua Tennis is back and it is better than ever on Xbox 360. Virtua Tennis 3 offers addictive and fun gameplay, tons of modes, and nice presentation that combine to make a great sports game that is surprisingly accessible for everyone. Virtua Tennis 3 is a flat-out fun game that is highly recommended.

The NCAA football series has been decent for a couple years now but was always just missing some extra levels of polish and that unmistakable college atmosphere to really push it over the top. NCAA Football 10 isn’t lacking in these areas. In fact, it is easily the most fully featured, polished, and authentic college football experience we have seen yet. It looks and plays great and the new Season Showdown feature translates your on-field success into real world bragging rights for your school. NCAA Football 10 is simply awesome.

Crazy, simple, fast, fun – these are just a few good ways to describe The BIGS 2. It is like a fan edit of your favorite movie that just shows the good parts. It is a dessert with a mound of frosting and a tiny sliver of cake. It is an all Rush mixtape collection (Fanboys reference +1). The BIGS 2 is baseball broken down into the best parts – hitting and pitching and chasing down crazy stats. And it is the best baseball game the Xbox 360 has to offer. Find out all of the details here in our full review.